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[skoch] 
–verb (used with object)
| 1. | to put a definite end to; crush; stamp out; foil: to scotch a rumor; to scotch a plan. |
| 2. | to cut, gash, or score. |
| 3. | to injure so as to make harmless. |
| 4. | to block or prop with a wedge or chock. |
–noun
| 5. | a cut, gash, or score. |
| 6. | a block or wedge put under a wheel, barrel, etc., to prevent slipping. |
Scotch
[skoch] –adjective
| 1. | of Scottish origin; resembling or regarded as characteristic of Scotland or the Scottish people (used outside Scotland): Scotch plaid. |
| 2. | Sometimes Offensive. Scottish (def. 1). |
| 3. | (usually lowercase ) Informal. frugal; provident; thrifty. |
–noun
| 4. | (used with a plural verb) Sometimes Offensive. the Scottish people; Scots. |
| 5. | (often lowercase) Scotch whisky. |
| 6. | Sometimes Offensive. Scots (def. 1). |
Usage note:
The natives of Scotland refer to themselves as Scots or, in the singular, Scot, Scotsman, or Scotswoman. The related adjectives are Scottish or, less commonly, Scots. Scotch as a noun or adjective is objected to except when used of whisky and in established phrases like Scotch egg and Scotch pine. In the United States, Scotch is often used where the Scots themselves, or some Americans of Scottish descent, would prefer Scottish or Scots. The term Scotch-Irish is standard in the United States for the descendants of the Scots of Ulster who immigrated to America beginning in the 18th century.
The natives of Scotland refer to themselves as Scots or, in the singular, Scot, Scotsman, or Scotswoman. The related adjectives are Scottish or, less commonly, Scots. Scotch as a noun or adjective is objected to except when used of whisky and in established phrases like Scotch egg and Scotch pine. In the United States, Scotch is often used where the Scots themselves, or some Americans of Scottish descent, would prefer Scottish or Scots. The term Scotch-Irish is standard in the United States for the descendants of the Scots of Ulster who immigrated to America beginning in the 18th century.
scutch
[skuhch] –verb (used with object)
| 1. | to dress (flax) by beating. |
| 2. | to dress (brick or stone); scotch. |
–noun
| 3. | Also called scutcher. a device for scutching flax fiber. |
| 4. | Also, scotch. a small picklike tool with two cutting edges for trimming brick. |
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| scotch 1 (skŏch) tr.v. scotched, scotch·ing, scotch·es
[Middle English scocchen, to cut, perhaps from Anglo-Norman escocher, to notch : es-, intensive pref. (from Latin ex-; see ex-) + Old French coche, notch (probably from Latin coccum, scarlet oak berry, from Greek kokkos).] |
| scotch 2 (skŏch) tr.v. scotched, scotch·ing, scotch·es To block (a wheel, for example) with a prop to prevent rolling or slipping. n. A block or wedge used as a prop behind or under an object likely to roll. [Origin unknown.] |
| Scotch (skŏch) n.
[Contraction of Scottish.] |
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Scotch
Scotch\, a. [Cf. Scottish.] Of or pertaining to Scotland, its language, or its inhabitants; Scottish. Scotch broom (Bot.), the Cytisus scoparius. See Broom. Scotch dipper, or Scotch duck (Zo["o]l.), the bufflehead; -- called also Scotch teal, and Scotchman. Scotch fiddle, the itch. [Low] --Sir W. Scott. Scotch mist, a coarse, dense mist, like fine rain. Scotch nightingale (Zo["o]l.), the sedge warbler. [Prov. Eng.] Scotch pebble. See under pebble. Scotch pine (Bot.) See Riga fir. Scotch thistle (Bot.), a species of thistle (Onopordon acanthium); -- so called from its being the national emblem of the Scotch.Scotch
Scotch\, n. 1. The dialect or dialects of English spoken by the people of Scotland. 2. Collectively, the people of Scotland.Scotch
Scotch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scotched; p. pr. & vb. n. Scotching.] [Cf. Prov. E. scote a prop, and Walloon ascot a prop, ascoter to prop, F. accoter, also Armor. skoaz the shoulder, skoazia to shoulder up, to prop, to support, W. ysgwydd a shoulder, ysgwyddo to shoulder. Cf. Scoat.] [Written also scoatch, scoat.] To shoulder up; to prop or block with a wedge, chock, etc., as a wheel, to prevent its rolling or slipping.Scotch
Scotch\, n. A chock, wedge, prop, or other support, to prevent slipping; as, a scotch for a wheel or a log on inclined ground.Scotch
Scotch\, v. t. [Probably the same word as scutch; cf. Norw. skoka, skoko, a swingle for flax; perhaps akin to E. shake.] To cut superficially; to wound; to score. We have scotched the snake, not killed it. --Shak. Scotched collops (Cookery), a dish made of pieces of beef or veal cut thin, or minced, beaten flat, and stewed with onion and other condiments; -- called also Scotch collops. [Written also scotcht collops.]Scotch
Scotch\, n. A slight cut or incision; a score. --Walton.
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Language Translation for : scotch
Spanish:
poner fin (a),
German:
blockieren,
Japanese:
つぶす
scotch (v.)
"stamp out, crush," 1825, earlier "make harmless for a time" (1798; a sense that derives from the reading of "Macbeth" III.ii.13), from scocchen "to cut, score, gash" (c.1412), perhaps from Anglo-Fr. escocher, O.Fr. cocher "to notch, nick," from coche "a notch, groove," probably from L. coccum "berry of the scarlet oak," which appears notched, from Gk. kokkos.
Scotch (adj.)
"of Scotland," 1591, contraction of Scottish. Disdained by the Scottish because of the many insulting and pejorative formations made from it by the English (e.g. Scotch attorney, a Jamaica term from 1864 for strangler vines). As a noun, elliptical for Scotch whisky, it is attested from 1778. Scotch-Irish is from 1876; more properly Scots-Irish (1972), from Scots (c.1352), the older adj., which is from Scottis, the northern variant of Scottish. Scotch Tape was said to be so called because at first it had adhesive only on the edges (to make it easier to remove as a masking tape in car paint jobs), which was interpreted as a sign of cheapness on the part of the manufacturers.
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